reader comments 60 Share this story In the months since PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds became an out-of-nowhere top-selling hit, the Battle Royale genre of last-man-standing free-for-alls has been surging in popularity. Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, though, says he isn’t too happy with the slate of “copycats” that have followed in Battlegrounds’ wake. “There’s no intellectual property protection in ..
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reader comments 18 Share this story Ars readers likely recognize a few of these faces on the poster for The Toys That Made Us. Volk-Weiss and team went straight to the source, as you can see these original notes from Kenner on their famed Star Wars toy line… Early X-Wing sketch from Kenner! Early everyone ..
Enlarge / Time to blow this taco stand. reader comments 76 Share this story Thargoids. If you’re a regular Elite Dangerous player, you know the name—they’re the enigmatic insectoid Big Bad Guys of the Elite universe that series co-creator David Braben has been teasing us with for a few years now. As far back as early 2015, ..
Enlarge / The holiday season is always stressful, perhaps more so for the Alderson family. USA Networks reader comments 7 Share this story Warning: This story contains spoilers for S2 and S3 of Mr. Robot. Early in last night’s S3 finale, Elliot has engineered his way into an FBI mole’s apartment and must search for ..
Enlarge / Watch out for giant faces and TIE fighters! reader comments 46 Share this story Spoiler-free assessment There are a lot of good things I expected from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but nuance wasn’t one of them. You can usually depend on this franchise to deliver zoomy action steered by easily recognizable good ..
Enlarge / Star Citizen‘s developers are flying into their own legal asteroid field, courtesy of Crytek. reader comments 75 Share this story Star Citizen‘s lengthy and heavily crowd-funded development has been marked by numerous changes to the project’s direction and scope, including a move from Crytek’s CryEngine to Amazon’s Lumberyard in late 2016. That change ..
reader comments 162 Share this story Disney announced today that it will acquire a huge portion of 21st Century Fox in an all-stock deal valued at $52.4 billion. As part of the deal, Disney will own 21st Century Fox’s film and television studios, some of its cable networks, and international TV businesses, as well as ..
Enlarge / Original sketches of Imperial Storm Troopers by artist Ralph McQuarrie. Spencer Platt/Getty Images reader comments 23 Share this story Relax, this post contains no spoilers. While most Star Wars pieces you’ll see this week are focused on the soon-to-be-revealed adventures of Finn, Rey, Poe, and BB-8, today we’ve got a blast from the ..
reader comments 49 Share this story If you’ve been following video game news at all this year, you’re probably tired of hearing stories about how the Switch is the hottest selling console since the Sliced Bread 64. With Nintendo announcing this morning that its console has sold 10 million units in under nine months—before its ..
Enlarge / Look into the eye of the incredible Gorogoa. reader comments 20 Share this story Game details Developer: Buried SignalPublisher: Annapurna InteractivePlatform: Windows PC (reviewed), iOSRelease Date: December 14, 2017ESRB Rating: E for EveryonePrice: $14.99 (Windows PC), $4.99 (iOS)Links: Steam | GOG | Official Website After my last click of the mouse, the screen went to ..
